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This Wallpaper Collection May Be the Most Beautiful Thing You’ll See This Spring

De Gournay is a storied wallpaper company, known for its beautiful chinoiseries. Aquazzura is a relatively new shoe brand that’s making waves in the fashion industry. Both are beloved by a certain type of aesthetically inclined customer. So it’s no wonder the two companies would team up for a collaboration.

The idea to work together first came about when Edgardo Osorio, cofounder of Aquazzura, had his home photographed for a magazine, and de Gournay noticed their wallpaper hung in one of his rooms. Flash forward to the present day, and Osorio and de Gournay have unveiled a tropical chinoiserie wallpaper, which will be sold at de Gournay’s showrooms. The panels clearly draw upon de Gournay’s visual area of expertise, but it was Osorio who suggested 19th-century botanical illustrations and Juan Gatti paintings as initial reference points. The background of the design, an appealing shade of pale (even millennial?) pink, was inspired by the palazzo walls of Aquazzura’s Florentine headquarters.

A de Gournay for Aquazzura slide.Photo: Courtesy of de Gournay Wallpaper

Last week, the wallpaper made its debut in an installation at Aquazzura’s Milan headquarters as part of the city’s Design Week. But the chinoiserie will also appear on a line of Aquazzura shoes, available exclusively on MatchesFashion.com starting this May. The shoes, which come in a variety of cuts, from slides and flats to pumps and mules, are perhaps the easiest way to step into spring. So, as you prepare to re-paper your living room, don’t forget to refresh your wardrobe as well.